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Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 
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Most life hacks suck.
So I crowdsourced the best from 21.9 million people on Reddit.
Here are 20 life tips you wish you knew when you were 20:
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Happy 6th anniversary to the greatest moment in the history of the internet
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me three weeks into my “eating healthier” new year’s resolution
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Doing a little light reading of HB/SB1s and throwing out some tidbits as I look through it. 🧵 1/
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One of my favourite real Titanic stories is the tale of this guy, Chief Baker Charles Joughin, who really did end up on the stern of the sinking ship - but not after being kind of a badass 🧵
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To put 2023 into perspective, here's a brief timeline of the entire future in 23 key moments:
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2022 is 100% complete! Thank you all so much for following, and have a nice 2023!
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as first pope in 600 years to resign, has died at age 95. bit.ly/3WARbxN
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In the almost three-minute clip, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan apologizes to both the public and his employees while promising that his team is "doing everything we can to return to a normal operation."
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TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don't know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and mentally disabled.
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we’re baaaack! Twitter Blue is now available for $8/month on web or $11/month on iOS – we’ve made some upgrades and improvements
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NEW from the Whelan family: "There is no greater success than for a wrongful detainee to be freed & for them to go home. The Biden Admin made the right decision to bring Ms. Griner home, & to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn't going to..”
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. #khou11
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The City of Houston has lifted the boil water notice that it issued Sunday, November 27th. Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has confirmed that tap water meets all regulatory standards and is safe to drink.
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Check out this view of captured live a few minutes ago at 10:45pm CST when the passed by. The on-earth home for astronauts onboard and so many flight controllers and other ISS program staff .
Nov 26, 2022
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#Breaking: Colorado Springs Police first got the call around 11:57pm for a an active shooter at Club Q. Again, they confirmed five dead and 18 injured. They are taken to local hospitals. The gunman was injured in this. Not sure if by police or civilian.
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I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, has filed to run for president again in 2024.
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Upon researching, daylight savings time did in fact occur on October 31, 1993 so they may have factored in that extra hour to their witch strategy. #HocusPocus
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They just woke at 5:00 AM. Sunrise is 6:17 AM in Salem, MA on 11/1/93. Is there really enough time to kidnap a child and brew potion in an hour and 17 minutes? #HocusPocus
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We hear it from students all the time: “.com websites are bad. .edu and .org websites are good, unless it’s Wikipedia.” These misconceptions can lead students dangerously astray. A thread on the problem and lesson ideas to use with your students. 🧵
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In a candid interview, Texas Secretary of State John Scott, a Republican appointed by Governor Greg Abbott, decried "uninformed" election deniers, called Joe Biden the legitimately elected president, and defended Democratic election administrators
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Summer Boismier resigned from teaching at Norman High School after a student's parent complained. Now, Oklahoma's Secretary of Education wants to revoke her teaching certificate.
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"Benson's popularity was such that she was caught 63 times in 13 years... she has also been referred to as 'the people's fish'"
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It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of 's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
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